Saint Agatha by Francesco Guarini , c.1638. Oil painting on canvas. 100x75cm. This painting belongs to the artist's most mature production. It is in fact possible to appreciate the Caravaggesque influences, especially in the drapery and in the use of light. The subject has been taken up several times by Guarini and his workshop. In Solofra it is possible to admire three works on this subject, conserved in the church of Sant'Agata Irpina. Guarini describes [...] the emotional climax of the story, not the action of the executioners but the moment in prison after the violence suffered, [...] when at night the woman receives a visit from the angel and St. Peter who heals her wounds (DeLuca, 2022). The Saint widens her eyes distracted by the plausible arrival of St. Peter and the task of bearing witness to the horror of the cutting of breasts is left […] to the light (ibidem). In this scene the angel appears as a winged cherub. Indeed, according to the hagiography of Sant'Agata, after having suffered the amputation of her breasts, the woman would have been rescued in her prison cell by Saint Peter who, accompanied by a child carrying a lantern, would have healed the wounds of the martyr (Lapucci, 2011 ).